Film Screening: Der Baader-Meinhof Komplex

Available on Youtube with English subtitles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efFnfHlYZMk
Potential Discussion Points
- How does the film represent terrorism?
- Does this representation conform to or depart from current definitions of terrorism?
- Is terrorism ever truly local/ international?
- What does the film suggest to us about how terrorist group’s gain/ maintain/ lose public support?
- Why did the Red Army Faktion fail?
- What drives people to terrorism?
- Does the film confirm or disrupt our existing perceptions of terrorism and terrorists?